How You Can Help: Memorial Fund Set Up for Gabriel Martinez, Jr.

Those wanting to help the bereaved family of five-year-old Gabriel Martinez, Jr. can contribute to a memorial fund set up yesterday in his honor.

Checks can be made out to either parent (Sandra Leiva or Gabriel Martinez, Sr) and sent to:

Otis Elementary School, 3010 Fillmore Ave., Alameda, CA 94501.

You also can deposit checks in Wells Fargo bank account #7862672578, which was set up by the family. (You can make the deposits at any Wells Fargo branch).

Gabriel, who was a kindergartener at Otis School, was shot and killed in Oakland on Friday night. Police still do not know the motive for the shooting.

A funeral will be held for Gabriel this Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Church, 1500 34th Avenue in Oakland. According to the Oakland Tribune, the family is also holding a vigil every afternoon at 4:30 pm in the 5400 block of International Boulevard, where the shooting took place.